Getting started with Landau Physics course I want to learn Physics in my own time. I am an electrical engineer, working in the same field and am tremendously interested in Physics. I have heard a lot about the 10 book series of Landau Theoretical physics. 
I want guidance to get started with Landau Physics. More specifically, I want help with the following..


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*What subjects/books/courses should I take as prerequisites (especially in Mathematics?)

*What are the best practices while going through such a self-learning course.

*Any good resources on Problem sets that I can solve while going through the course.

 A: If you like video lectures, you might appreciate recordings of Prof. Balakrishnan at IIT Madras. Classical mechanics and quantum mechanics. The course was directed at engineering majors (so your background should be sufficient) and Prof. Balakrishnan is universally loved and acknowledged to be one of the best lecturers.
Of course, there are tons more on the internet, but it's difficult to know if they're good and what background they require. I would also recomment Susskind's lectures at Stanford, meant for a open audience, many of whom are learning physics casually. He has also published a recent book based on those courses, called The theoretical minimum which is well regarded and might be of use to you. Some links (with overlapping information, since I'm just posting the most relevant search results):


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*http://www.lecture-notes.co.uk/susskind/

*http://tedyoung.me/2011/01/22/leonard-susskind-lectures/

*http://networkscience.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/eleven-essential-physics-lectures-by-prof-leonard-susskind/
A: Landau/Lifshitz is simply overkill for getting started in learning physics, especially since you are planning to do this on your own.
In general, you need a book that takes you by the hand and has a lot of worked examples in it. Most physics text books include exercises, but they do not give you worked solutions. 
There are some text-books to which instructor solution manuals are available online, if you get what I'm saying. If you really want to learn physics, you need to do physics, i.e. calculate, think, calculate, think, calculate think...
You having an electrical engineering background, I would recommend you get started with electrostatics and electrodynamics, since you can relate and it is always easier to start with something that you can relate to.
A good place to start is this script by Uppsala University on Electrodynamics which has a lot of worked examples in it and is written extremely clear (plus it's free). 
A good book to start is Griffiths Electrodynamics, since you can obtain a solution manual for the exercises by asking around and it contains worked examples.
Once you have mastered all of this, you can go on to read Landau/Lifshitz to prove that your are not a sissy ;-). Most of my professors include Landau/Lifshitz in their lecture notes, but when it comes down to really learning something from the scratch, we always go to more modern textbooks.
Concerning the prerequisites to read Landau/Lifshitz, maybe this is helpful:

Landau developed a comprehensive exam called the "Theoretical Minimum" which students were expected to pass before admission to the school. The exam covered all aspects of theoretical physics, and between 1934 and 1961 only 43 candidates passed.

Taken from Wikipedia entry on Landau.
